[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by lisaly

I personally would have them done separately, but I am a bit overprotective. Zoey might take a little longer than a puppy to recover from her spay, but if you do blood work before her spay, I'm sure she's going to be fine. I understand why you are worried; I never got used to anesthesia for my pups, but they always did well, even Ashley when she was sixteen.

Originally Posted by Ellie May

Blood work is optional, but very seriously important! It is much safer for the dog to have it done. With some issues the surgery would be postponed and with others certain anesthetics wouldn't be used. A urinalysis isn't a bad idea either.

Yes, vaccines can be given onbthe same day BUT her body will already ge under a lot of stress, so no way would I do it.

An overnight stay is fine if somebody is there with her. If not she is then left alone to react to the drugs in her system, rip open her incision, etc. So if nobody is there, she would be going home with me. BTW, my dog was spayed at age 6 abdhad a liver biopsy. They were staffed 24/7 and she still didn't have to stay. Not necessary for an indoor dog with an observant owner.

Ellie did fine being spayed later in life. She was grumpy for several weeks though.

The spays I have watched averge about 12-15 minutes plus some extra time to get the pup under, clip the area, etc. Before that sometimes other preop drugs are given, catheter placed. Sp it can take over an hourdepending on the protocol. I'm not sure how your vet books surgeries, but here the pets are dropped off in the morning and have their surgery in whatever order the get feels like at the time. So there is a several hour window.